Your (Increasingly) Green Home

Screen shot/My Green Casa

My Green Casa, founded by Amy Empson, is a Web site devoted to green remodeling projects.

This week's All Tech Considered segment is all about green homes. We take a look at a Boston remodeling project and discuss resources for those who are looking to buy a more energy-efficient home or want to work on their own home to reap the benefits of lower energy costs and a lessened environmental impact.

Here are a few of the Web sites and resources mentioned in the piece:

• Amy Empson's My Green Casa, where users can submit their green remodeling projects and see how others did their own home improvements.
  
• Houston Eco-Broker Elizabeth Edwards-Musa's Turning Houston Green features not only info about the Houston housing market, but some solid Webinar videos with tips and statistics.
  
• Good national resources: Green Building Advisor, the EPA's Web site and the U.S. Green Building Council.
  
• What is LEED certification? And does it really mean anything or should it go farther?
  
• A peek at green housing innovations.
  
• Environmentally friendly pre-fab homes were supposed to be the next big thing. What happened?
  
• Green building and the recession.
  
• More on ways to remodel and keep it green.

Got more tips or resources to share? Post them in the comments.